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On our doorstep : when Australia faced the threat of invasion by the Japanese
- Title
- On our doorstep : when Australia faced the threat of invasion by the Japanese / Craig Collie.
- Author
- Collie, Craig
- Publication
- Crows Nest, NSW, Austraila : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xi, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- 'I can't understand the mentality of the Australian people. One day they are in a panic about the war and the next they want more race meetings.' - John Curtin. By March 1942, the Japanese had steamrolled through Malaya, laid siege to Singapore, and bombed Darwin with the same ferocity they had dealt Pearl Harbor. Nothing could stop them. Their next step was inevitable, surely: the invasion and occupation of Australia. Meanwhile, as Australian prime minister John Curtin was battling with Winston Churchill to get troops back from overseas to defend their homeland, he was also positioning to ensure the United States would be there with us to fend off the approaching enemy. And at home, people pitched in as best they could and in any way to frustrate the invader. They all played their part, torn between 'she'll be right' and near panic. On Our Doorstep is the story of how Australia and Australians, the government, the military and the people - prepared to face this calamity, and the events that persuaded them of its probability. In the end, Japan found it had stretched itself beyond the reliability of its supply line, but had it ever intended to invade Australia?
- Subjects
- Bombing, Aerial
- Australia
- Japan
- Military history
- History
- 1900-1999
- World War > (1939-1945)
- Curtin, John, 1885-1945
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 > Australia > Darwin (N.T.)
- Bombing, Aerial > Australia > Darwin (N.T.)
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Japanese
- Australia > Politics and government > 1901-1945
- Australia > History > 1939-1945
- Australia > History, Military > 20th century
- Australia > Foreign relations > Japan
- Japan > Foreign relations > Australia
- Darwin (N.T.) > History > Bombardment, 1942
- Diplomatic relations
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Aerial > Japanese
- Military participation > Australian
- Military participation > Japanese
- Politics and government
- Social aspects
- Northern Territory > Darwin
- Pacific Area
- Bombardment of Darwin > (Darwin, Northern Territory : > 1942)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Acronyms -- Maps -- Grazing gazelles -- Unstoppable -- Gibraltar of the East -- Frontier town -- Great and powerful friends -- Home fires burning -- Expendable -- Watchers of the north -- Night of the midgets -- The turning tide -- The invasion of Australia -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-1701
- ISBN
- 1760632287
- 9781760632281
- LCCN
- 2020445005
- OCLC
- 1156616246
- Author
- Collie, Craig, author.
- Title
- On our doorstep : when Australia faced the threat of invasion by the Japanese / Craig Collie.
- Publisher
- Crows Nest, NSW, Austraila : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-1701